I don’t feel inadequate but I do feel likely to get jumped all over for mistakes. I’ve realized that you really need to go over things with a fine-toothed comb, and that there are countless cultural peculiarities that are, for me, unexpected.
I’ve decided that the way I will feel comfortable posting here is to carefully word my point, make sure that point is obvious to the reader, identify and mentally outline any other claims in the piece, and make sure every part is supported and then (until I get to know the culture better) ask someone to check it out for spots that will be misunderstood.
That has resulted in me doing a lot of research. So now my main bottleneck is that I feel like posting something requires doing a lot of research. This is well and good IMO, but it means I won’t post anywhere near as much simply because it takes a lot of time.
I’ve wondered if it would do us good to form a writer’s group within LW where people can find out what topics everyone else is interested in writing about (which would allow them to co-author, cutting the work in half), see whether there are volunteers to do research for posts, and get a “second pair of eyes” to detect any karma-destroying mistakes in the writings before they’re posted.
A group like this would probably result in more writing.
(: I do not have time to organize this currently. I’m not even sure I will have time to post on LessWrong. I have a lot of irons on the fire. :/
I would sure love to run a LW writer’s group though, that would be awesome. Inevitably, it would be pointed out that I am not an expert on LW culture. If things slow down, and I do not see anyone else doing this, I may go for it anyway.
I can no longer hold my tongue. Your smileys are upside-down, and the tiny moments of empathetic sadness when my eyes haven’t sorted out which side of the parens the colon is on are really starting to add up. :)
What are your reasons for postponing? More interestingly, what would get you to post them? Would the writer’s group as described above do it, or this other suggestion here?
Being absolutely, utterly terrible at writing. Being utterly incapable of clear communication. Being a sloppy thinker incapable of formalizing and testing all the awesome theories I come up with.
Being rather shy and caring very very much about the opinions of this community, and very insecure in my own abilities, fearing ridicule and downvotes.
Other than that I am extremely motivated to share all these insights I think might be extremely valuable to the world, somehow.
The suggestion mentioned wouldn’t help at all. Really, anything radial enough will look less like fixing something I’ve written, and more like me explaining the idea and someone else writing an article about it with me pointing out miscommunications.
I don’t feel inadequate but I do feel likely to get jumped all over for mistakes. I’ve realized that you really need to go over things with a fine-toothed comb, and that there are countless cultural peculiarities that are, for me, unexpected.
I’ve decided that the way I will feel comfortable posting here is to carefully word my point, make sure that point is obvious to the reader, identify and mentally outline any other claims in the piece, and make sure every part is supported and then (until I get to know the culture better) ask someone to check it out for spots that will be misunderstood.
That has resulted in me doing a lot of research. So now my main bottleneck is that I feel like posting something requires doing a lot of research. This is well and good IMO, but it means I won’t post anywhere near as much simply because it takes a lot of time.
I’ve wondered if it would do us good to form a writer’s group within LW where people can find out what topics everyone else is interested in writing about (which would allow them to co-author, cutting the work in half), see whether there are volunteers to do research for posts, and get a “second pair of eyes” to detect any karma-destroying mistakes in the writings before they’re posted.
A group like this would probably result in more writing.
That’s a really good idea.
Let me know when you’ve organized something.
(: I do not have time to organize this currently. I’m not even sure I will have time to post on LessWrong. I have a lot of irons on the fire. :/
I would sure love to run a LW writer’s group though, that would be awesome. Inevitably, it would be pointed out that I am not an expert on LW culture. If things slow down, and I do not see anyone else doing this, I may go for it anyway.
I can no longer hold my tongue. Your smileys are upside-down, and the tiny moments of empathetic sadness when my eyes haven’t sorted out which side of the parens the colon is on are really starting to add up. :)
Rofl. I am not sure if this is supposed to get me to stop, or get me to laugh.
Even in the same comment, you don’t orient your smileys the same way. Just saying...
I have like 10 different articles I’d like to submit to this, many of which have been on ice for literally years!
What are your reasons for postponing? More interestingly, what would get you to post them? Would the writer’s group as described above do it, or this other suggestion here?
Would something else help?
Being absolutely, utterly terrible at writing. Being utterly incapable of clear communication. Being a sloppy thinker incapable of formalizing and testing all the awesome theories I come up with.
Being rather shy and caring very very much about the opinions of this community, and very insecure in my own abilities, fearing ridicule and downvotes.
Other than that I am extremely motivated to share all these insights I think might be extremely valuable to the world, somehow.
The suggestion mentioned wouldn’t help at all. Really, anything radial enough will look less like fixing something I’ve written, and more like me explaining the idea and someone else writing an article about it with me pointing out miscommunications.